Upcoming Talk + Colorful Kids Project!
Greetings from a semi-unqualified presenter!!
Hiiiii!
I’ve been busily writing a talk about artists and AI over here, which is kind of hilarious because my credentials on AI are mostly that I read a lot. But I guess if tech CEOs can assert their products are more reliable and capable than proven, I can declare myself an expert in my new special interest. Lol!
I think above all, the more informed artists are about this technology, the more we can thoughtfully critique it and defend our creative processes—as well as protect our copyrighted materials and personal data. My aim is to give some critical perspective and share some A.I. related news stories that might have flown under your radar (if you aren’t constantly reading about this stuff like me).
So come vent, ask questions, and share how you’ve been navigating this era. I named my talk “Let’s Talk About Bots, Baby!” because my brain is poisoned with pop culture references and I want to keep things light. It’s an hour long call and begins at 11 am CDT on August 20, hosted on Zoom. Pop in / out whenever. You can register here or at the button below. Hope to see you there :)
Ok, now onto a new-ish project!
Bilingual Speechie Flashcards
I love this project so much!! Now that I’ve (finally) photographed samples, I can introduce to you these flashcards that I illustrated for Bilingual Speechie last year.
So, if you don’t know about Bilingual Speechie, it’s the brainchild of Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Liliana Diaz-Vazquez. She founded the company with a mission to bring more inclusive and engaging speech therapy resources into the world, with a focus on equity for bilingual children.
For this deck, Liliana collaborated with fellow SLP, Valentina Gil, who developed it to follow the phonological intervention method called the Cycles Approach. These particular cards focus on initial consonant deletion—helping bilingual kids who have the tendency to skip pronouncing consonants at the start of words.
I developed 35 spot illustrations for this set, featured across the included 35 flashcards. I also designed the packaging to align with existing Bilingual Speechie flashcard sets.
I truly, truly cannot say enough positive things about Liliana, Valentina, and Bilingual Speechie overall. Not only are these cards helpful to bilingual kids in need of cycles intervention, but they are also helpful for English-only speakers who have a curiosity about learning Spanish, and vice versa. If you’d like to purchase these or other learning materials from Bilingual Speechie, check out their website!
For more on this project, check out my portfolio site. And if you have an educational resource or game you need art for, get in touch! Whatever your idea—big or small—just shoot me an email at liz@lizvolpi.com and we can get started.
Reminder: Shop Clearance
Over at the shop, I’m clearing out art prints and greeting cards to make room for other items. Art Prints are 40% off and Greeting Cards are 50% off.
Greeting cards are perfect for sending love notes friends and family! Perhaps a needed form of personal connection amid an increasingly isolated world. Art prints are great for bringing color to offices, homes, or a kiddo’s room—transforming bland spaces into havens for inspiration. Peek into my shop sale to check them out!
BONUS! Art & Fable subscribers get a secret special 10% off code: FableFriend10
Shop Small Guide is in the works!!
Submit your shop to my Shop Small Guide, even if you only sell a few items!! Some of y’all have already submitted (thank you!), and now I have a list that I’m starting to build out content for. I might be reaching out to a few of you to clarify content as I build this thang in the coming weeks. Please submit if you haven’t already!
Well, I suppose that is enough for this edition. Next edition is slated to send the day after my A.I. talk, so I’ll be sharing some related information about an experiment I did with ChatGPT / DALL•E and a little program called Glaze.
As always, thank you for reading! And if you have questions or want to say hi, just hit reply. Don’t be a stranger!
Hasta luego,
-Liz